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    • September 16, 2015 at 20:57 #8475
      Kristoffer Bertsch
      Participant

        Hello,

        I am building a contigency plan and was curious to know if the form can be used offline or if there was solution to working offline. I appreciate your help!

        -Kris

      • September 22, 2015 at 19:06 #8530
        Alexander Bautz
        Keymaster

          Sorry for the late reply – I have had some problems with notifications from the forum.

          I’m not sure I understand what you mean by working offline – can you explain a bit more?

          Alexander

        • September 24, 2015 at 19:10 #8560
          Kristoffer Bertsch
          Participant

            Not a problem! Let’s say I have someone who would need to use a DFFS form however there is no internet connection where they are at. Can DFFS work “offline”?

            I have a backup option to fill in a spread sheet and enter data manauly but was curious if you had any tricks.

          • September 24, 2015 at 19:18 #8562
            Kristoffer Bertsch
            Participant

              A follow up..I didn’t want to post a new thread.

              How can I stop the form from jumping to the top of the tabbed page when a rule is ran?

              Thanks and you rock man!
              -Kris

            • March 5, 2018 at 17:04 #20042
              Bryan Waldrop
              Participant

                I wanted to bump this question as I have been asked to create a contingency plan for SharePoint. We have a popular form built with DFFS that has become a huge part of the department’s daily workflow. However, the company has and is experiencing some IT issues that have SharePoint sites unavailable for large portions of the workday.

                Is it possible to have a offline access?
                For my particular situation there would be benefit in even working through the information presented in add new form without saving data back to the list as long as the DFFS logic could be applied. In other words No edit or display form would be necessary.

                Thanks!

              • March 8, 2018 at 21:49 #20096
                Alexander Bautz
                Keymaster

                  Sorry, but I cannot see how this would work because DFFS only “lives” in the SharePoint form and doesn’t have any external resources outside the SharePoint portal. This means that if your SharePoint site is down, unfortunately so is DFFS.

                  You might be able to user PowerApps, but I haven’t tested this myself: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/build-offline-apps-with-new-powerapps-capabilities/

                  You might also find some useful info about connecting to an on premises installation here: https://jwcooney.com/2017/05/28/set-up-microsoft-powerapps-to-connect-to-an-on-premises-sharepoint-installation/

                  Alexander

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